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Real-Time Assessment of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Disruption by Phage-Derived Proteins

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Microbiology, August 2017
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Title
Real-Time Assessment of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Disruption by Phage-Derived Proteins
Published in
Frontiers in Microbiology, August 2017
DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01632
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Authors

Diana Gutiérrez, Lucía Fernández, Beatriz Martínez, Patricia Ruas-Madiedo, Pilar García, Ana Rodríguez

Abstract

A current focus of research is the development of new tools for removing bacterial biofilms in industrial settings. Bacteriophage-encoded proteins, such as endolysins, virion-associated peptidoglycan hydrolases, and exopolysaccharide depolymerases, have been shown to be efficient against these structures. However, the current screening techniques for the identification of antibiofilm properties of phage-derived proteins have important shortcomings. The aim of this work was to use the rapid, reproducible and accurate technology "real-time cell analyzer" for screening and comparing the antibiofilm ability of four phage-derived compounds, three lytic proteins (LysH5, CHAP-SH3b, and HydH5-SH3b) and one exopolysaccharide depolymerase (Dpo7) against Staphylococcus aureus biofilms, which have been associated with recurrent contamination of food products. The data generated after biofilm treatment allowed for the calculation of different antibiofilm parameters: (1) the minimum biofilm eradicating concentration that removes 50% of the biofilm (ranging from 3.5 ± 1.1 to 6.6 ± 0.5 μM), (2) the lowest concentration needed to observe an antibiofilm effect (∼1.5 μM for all the proteins), and (3) the specific antibiofilm activity and the percentage of biofilm removal that revealed LysH5 as the best antibiofilm compound. Overall, this technology might be used to quickly assess and compare by standardized parameters the disaggregating activity of phage antibiofilm proteins.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 84 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 18%
Student > Master 14 17%
Researcher 11 13%
Student > Bachelor 3 4%
Professor > Associate Professor 3 4%
Other 9 11%
Unknown 29 35%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 13 15%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 14%
Immunology and Microbiology 10 12%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 5%
Chemical Engineering 3 4%
Other 3 4%
Unknown 39 46%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 306. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 October 2019.
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#119,160
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#67
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#1
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